Hacker News Discussion: Personal Skill Development Goals for 2026
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Summary
This is a Hacker News discussion thread where users share their personal skill development goals for 2026. The original poster shares their technical goals including VR development with Samsung Galaxy XR and spatial computing, as well as personal development goals like improving public speaking and learning a new language. The thread includes links to previous years' discussions and serves as a community forum for sharing self-improvement aspirations.
Key quotes
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I'm thinking to get the Samsung Galaxy XR and experiment with some VR apps and learn the fundamentals of spatial computing.
Personal development: - Public speaking: I want to get better at presenting technical topics to non-technical audiences.
I also want to learn a new language, maybe Spanish or Japanese.
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